Topic: Donation Campaign For 15-Year-Old Swimmer Lana Pudar - page 2. (Read 462 times)

First @Pmalek i want to really appreciate you for helping out a life.
if the donation starts i will be willing to support with the little i have to make sure she have a better life and achieved here career as a swimmer.

Now the common problems with politician is that " They are anxious of their political career" allowing greed to savage and ravage over them in other to attain their desire for to get power leaving the young talented youth behind, mostly those from the middle and medium countries.

i will keep track this thread to know how about the donations, i so much believe all things is cool with you.

After some time, I decided to give this another try. Instagram (scumbags), deleted my profile. Probably because it was a fake one, not associated with a real name. I am no longer able to see if I ever received a reply there or if the message was even sent. No idea how this privacy-evading network works when it comes to brand-new accounts.

I decided to email the TV network where Lana was a guest in. If/when they reply, I will post what they said. You can see the content and a screenshot of my email below. That makes it easy for anyone to translate the email if they wanted to. If this doesn't work out, the last thing I could try is contact the Bosnian Swimming Federation and ask them. If that fails as well, I will just abandon the idea altogether.

No donations yet as I haven't collected anything. I am just pondering on the idea to do that. 5-6 days have passed since I sent that message via Instagram and there has not been a response yet. I will soon try and get in touch with the TV station and the people from the show where I heard about this case. They might be willing to provide a way to contact someone from her team.

It's her call and the decision of her coaches and parents what the money will be used for. Travel, preparation, gear, accommodation, nutrition...

@Pmalek can you clarify what exactly the donations are going to be used for?

Yeah, probably Blocsport.one in a partnership with nftdeals.io. If you go to https://nftdeals.io/ and check the Athletes section, you can find many similar collections for other world athletes. 

I am not sure how Instagram classifies messages and is there such a thing as spam messages if they are received from someone outside your friends circle. The other option and way of contact would be to go through the TV station and TV show she was a guest on (owned by the same person) and try to establish contact that way.

It's funny that her own website don't have translation in local languages but only in English, that makes me think how someone else (maybe Blocsport.one) made this website for here to advertise their own (BLS) token(s).
This is not a bad way to collect funds per se, but I don't understand keeping jpeg images on centralized networks like binance chain (or something like polygon) that is proved to revert transactions.
Those NFTs have her image and signature so that means she approved them and she knows at least something about crypto.
Let's wait and see if she replies to you

Website registered only few months ago, so it's definitely something new:

First attempts to reach out to Lana and her team were made yesterday.
She can't be contacted over her official Facebook page > https://www.facebook.com/lanapudarofficial.
So I sent her a message over Instagram from a brand-new Pmalek account.
https://www.instagram.com/lanapudar/

To be completely transparent, I am posting screenshots of that message + the message itself so that anyone who wants to can translate it with Google Translate or some other service and understand it.

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I found something interesting after I sent out this message. I came across Lana's official website > https://lanapudar.com/.
Looks like she is somewhat familiar with crypto. At least with NFTs. She has a collection on sale that can be reached through her website (https://nftdeals.io/lana-pudar/?id=5). Let's see if there will be a response.

I agree with suggestion to contact her before doing something. As I understand, this story already got quite a lot attention in Bosnia. So, if she will like idea about accepting Bitcoin donations, this story can spread more global than just Bitcointalk, especially if foreign media will catch it. And yeah, after recent story with Bitcointalk charity people may look sceptical into it, so, all precautions must be taken to avoid it.
BTW, she is just 15 years old, but her results is very solid. She have big potential. And sad to read about corrupted politics in Bosnia. They're same everywhere :/.

Don't get to optimistic about that, but I am sure that it is totally possible for people involved in sports to advertise Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency related companies.
Some of them even receive paychecks partially in Bitcoin, and I saw that Formula One have signed partnership with Crypto.com.
Just remember to say Lana to switch of her TV and don't listen anything that local government officials are saying about Bitcoin

I just had a quick look at that incident. Quite a mess indeed.

That's not bad either. I will try to get in touch with her and her people and see if that is something she would be interested in doing.

Maybe she will organize a signature campaign.

In that article that you linked to, she is thanking the general public for supporting and her and making her feel welcome when she returned home. It's got nothing to do with institutional support really. But you are right that she is getting more attention and donations from local Bosnian businesses. And that's a positive thing.

In the YouTube video above, she compared the conditions in the Bosnian camp with those from here biggest rivals. I assume she meant China and the USA who finished in 1st and 2nd spot. She said that she doesn't even have a physiotherapist or a masseur, but her rivals came to Abu Dhabi with 2 of those. Her coach massages her if needed and provides basic care. There just isn't enough funding to bring additional people.

I often see swimming athletes around the world including in my country who participate in various swimming competitions in the world, More or less I know the achievements and medals achieved by Lana, yes indeed she is the youngest swimmer from Mostar today.

Talk about the donation campaign for Lana Pudar, I don't think so now, the effect is not good especially for the community in this forum, besides I also saw the press conference held by: Lana Pudar: Hvala na prekrasnom dočeku i podršci o kakvoj sanja svaki sportista, In my opinion, with the news made by Lana and the support from various parties from the Bosnian government and other elements, this will have a positive effect on Lana and the swimming team in Bosnia, I'm sure Lana and the team will get more funds than expected, I think for sure the Bosnian government can be proud of Lana, who is the best athlete in the world today, whatever will be done by the government of Bosnia for the next competition, including funds for the team, can be more advanced in the future.

I'm sure a positive response will flood Lana Pudar and the swim team after this press conference, including donations.

my thoughts on donating to Lana Pudar.

After that Charity debacle with canibalism13, some people would say...oh no, one more donation trying to get money for something, but I believe this story and conditions in Bosnia to be true.
What I would like is that you Pmalek or someone else try to contact Lana and teach her how to create Bitcoin wallet, so that she can receive donations directly, without third party (You or anyone else)
Taking this donations directly you would solve most problems and questions from community, and you would make bitcoin more popular In Bosnian federation.
She can even join this forum and make video interview for our new Youtube channel BitcoinTalk Show, if she is interested for that.
Imagine Lana with shirts and clothes advertising Bitcoin and Bitcointalk forum of her own free will
Just my two sats.

Thanks, but not yet. Let me get a few more opinions to see whether or not this will work out and if anyone is even interested.
Since Lana appeared on that local show a few days ago, she has already received at least €7-10k from various people and organizations. So people have started paying attention to her success.

I have considered doing that with an escrow if needed. It's a good idea.

I don't want to be the one who cashes out those coins and connects my name to them. I would rather send the coins to her and her family and suggest ways in which they can cash them out. There is a good local P2P crypto forum in her country with free escrow support. That could be an option.
All communication would, of course, be collected and shown publicly.

Due to the situations discussed here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/discussion-about-escrow-service-offered-by-forum-users-5378558
I would encourage you to do a 2 of 3 or 3 of 5 multisig wallet with other people on the forum at least for the BTC portion of it. (No idea how ETH wallets work)

I would also say if possible¹ it would be better if you collected the money in Crypto, gave it to them in fiat out of your own pocket and then collected the crypto.
This way you could say look, I collected X then gave her X and then cashed out the crypto for X to pay myself back. This way there could never be any way for people to say you took the money.²

And if you do it, please document everything for proof and records the reputation you save could be yours.....

-Dave
¹ Not knowing your financial situation or how much may be collected this may or may not be an option.
² Yes you could always generate fake receipts, and a host of other things but it's not a big concern.

I have no problem believing you with the fund and I believe that you are worthy of that. As I said before, I really don't want to get myself engaged in such random donation but I can't ignore once I see such a thread  I will keep tracking of this thread and surely donate whatever I can afford to donate. Update the BTC address.

Lana Pudar is a 15-year-old talented young swimmer who was born and still lives in the Bosnian city of Mostar. According to her Wikipedia page, she specializes in butterfly events.



What is so special about this young girl?


First of all, she had the (miss)fortune of being born in Bosnia and Herzegovina – one of the poorest countries in Europe. If she were born in most other countries, she would have a scholarship, sponsors competing against each other for her signature, and full support from her government.

Lana doesn’t have that. Instead, she has a regional Prime Minister. A politician who decided to not award the talented swimmer with a symbolic cash prize because she had already received them on two occasions in the past. But that’s Bosnia for you - work and effort don’t get rewarded. Instead, that money is better spent on political campaigns and election fraud.

On December 24th, Lana and the president of the Bosnian Swimming Federation appeared on a local TV show called Centralni Dnevnik. They talked about her recent achievements and future plans.

The city Lana lives in doesn’t have an Olympic swimming pool! So to train and prepare for competitions, the girl has to travel to Sarajevo and Banja Luka. Sarajevo is a 2-hour car ride away, and to reach Banja Luka, Lana travels over 4 hours. There are some plans to build proper training facilities in her home town, but knowing the speed at which this region moves, that won’t happen for a long time. 

During her appearance on the above-mentioned local show, the TV host asked (at 12:40 in the video) how much money the girl needs to stay competitive at the highest levels. The President of the Swimming Federation said that they spent over €40.000 in the current year. €40.000 - €50.000 minimum is what she needs to remain competitive. A part of those expenses was covered by various institutions.

This is Lana’s first year on a pro-level. As a reminder, we are talking about a 15-year-old girl successfully competing against the best professional swimmers in the world.


Lana Pudar’s achievements 

-   Lana finished 3rd and won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Swimming Championships held in UAE, Abu Dhabi, on 17 December 2021. Here is a video of that race.
-   In the Swimming World Cup held in Kazan, Russia, she won another bronze medal on 30 October 2021.
-   In the European Junior Championships held in Rome, Italy, on 11 July 2021, Lana won 3 medals. Gold in the Women’s 100 Butterfly, and silver in Women’s 50 Butterfly and Women’s 200 Butterfly.
-   She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as the second-youngest swimmer and finished 19th.

She has already won 5 medals in international competitions in her young career: 1 GOLD, 2 SILVER, and 2 BRONZE medals.


The Donation Campaign

Lana Pudar is healthy and strong. She doesn’t need donations to save her life or to fight disease. I understand that. I still think some money can be collected and donated to help a young girl become even better. Maybe one day a World or Olympic champion.

Lana or her team doesn’t know about this activity!
I don’t know them!

This is not an official donations campaign yet, but I would like it to become one. However, before it does, I want to hear community opinions. Is this a cause you would like to donate to, or should I forget about it?

I would like to collect donations in BTC and ETH and find a way to give it to Lana and her team or convert it to fiat. Anything that can help.

I understand that I don’t have positive trading feedback to hold money. So I have no problem using a forum escrow to keep the funds if the community thinks that’s the right thing to do. I would just like most of the money to go to the right person and not to third parties! Everyone who knows Croatian or Serbian can check the sources and confirm if this story is true or not.

Let’s hear your thoughts and ideas. 


For more information on Lana Pudar, check the below sources:
1.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Pudar
2.   https://www.instagram.com/lanapudar/?hl=en
3.   https://www.facebook.com/lanapudarofficial
4.   https://www.fina.org/athletes/1198499/lana-pudar/medals